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~Dumbledore Never Died ~ ❤

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Draco and Hermione looked at each other. Hermione started to laugh and looked up to the sky while Draco just looked onwards, put out by the rain. Draco had just got dry from falling in the lake so it seems fair he was annoyed.

"Sorry to rain on your parade," Hermione giggled. Draco looked at her and she sighed. "It's a muggle thing."

Draco closed his eyes and leant his head back, feeling the cold rain hit face his like a feeling of relief. Hermione joined him, sticking out her tongue to catch the rain, still giggling. Draco opened his grey eyes, looked at Hermione and smiled. She caught him watching and laughed. When she laughed, her eyes shone and her cheeks turned dusty pink.

"What?" She smiled embarrassed

Hermione Granger. Hermione know it all Granger. Who knew how differences could grab someone's brain and squeeze their hearts so tightly they just might explode. Who knew someone so loyal to her friends could make someone as cold and numb as himself feel again. She was like an autumn sun that melted a winter snow. But she will never know he thought miserably.

"It's raining." Said Draco coldly, he could never let her, or anyone else for that matter, know how he just thought about Hermione Granger, the mudblood who he had hated since she joined Potter and Weasleys gang in their 1st year at Hogwarts.

Hermione looked at Draco, shocked by how quickly emotions could change in the boy, she walked over to the heavy oak door and pushed it open.

By the time Hermione and Draco had slipped into the great hall the first years were huddled up outside the breathtaking oak doors, nervously waiting to be told what to do next.

Hermione hurried over to Ron and Harry who were waving to her, smiling, and Draco strutted over to Blaise and Pansy, taking his time, he didn't care if people were staring, although Pansy was waving frantically at Draco, he wished she would stop, she was just embarrassing herself. As Hermione sat down Ron and harry said hello and asked all sorts of questions in hushed tones as the annual Headmaster's speech Pansy just tried to kiss Draco but he half turned so she couldn't, Pansy sat next to him shocked, as tears filled her eyes. Draco looked straight over to Granger laughing with her friends, he, for some reason envied her.

Just as he was about to say something to Blaise the oak doors opened and the tiny first years walked nervously into the hall. Draco dropped his head as the 1st years who had pulled him out of the lake walked by, one spotted him and nudged his friend who both started silently giggling.

He scowled at them and they quickly moved along.

The firsts years huddled around the front of the room as Professor McGonagall held the sorting hat high as she said "Now i shall read your last name then your first name, come sit on the stool when i call you."

"Anderson Darren" she called as she did the boy who had saved draco nervously sat on the stool, had the hat lowered onto his head where it bellowed 'GRYFFINDOR!'

He hopped off the stool and walked over to the Gryffindor table.

"Next" Professor McGonagall said, " Ashcroft Florence, RAVENCLAW!

After sorting more into their houses :" Hope Aimee,SLYTHERIN! Hope Sam GRYFFINDOR! (the twins in that year), Makenzi Lola,HUFFLEPUFF! Taylor Henry SLYTHERIN , and finally "Zundel Martin," HUFFLEPUFF! Off he went to the Hufflepuff table and then Dumbledore stood up and called out to the everyone " Enjoy!"

The hall filled with chatting and laughter as the tables filled with many different selections of food.

Dumbledores shout had woken Draco, he had fallen asleep during the sorting, it seemed to have taken hours, he lifted his head off the table and blinked stupidly, he tuned his head to look at Blaise and pansy deep in conversation, pansy still had tears in her eyes from Draco's rejection.

Hermione turned her head to look around the hall, her eyes settled on Draco who had obviously just woken up, she smiled slightly at this, all of a sudden pansy turned her head to look at Hermione and glared at her with hate in her eyes then turned the Draco and tried to pull him into a kiss. Draco yelled "What the!?... What the hell are you doing!?" luckily he couldn't be heard over the house of the great hall but Pansys eyes filled with tears as she ran out of the room. Nobody seemed to have noticed, Draco turned to speak to Blaise as if nothing had happened and as Hermione turned to tell Ron and Harry What she had just witnessed Dumbledore caught her eye and she could have sworn she had seen a twinkle in Dumbledores eye, that was almost never good news...